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Apr. 3,A 1923. ,450,761

w. `M. SUBLETTE GASIFIER Filed Aug. 2, 1921 A TTORNEX' Patented Apr. 3, 1923..

UNITED STATES WILLIAM M. SUBLETTE, OF FRESNO, CALIFORNIA.

GASIFIER.

Application led August 2, 1921.

To all 'ui/wm 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SUB- nnrrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fresno, in the State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Gasilier, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are, first,- to construct a gasilier that can be used in connection with any carbureter and any ignition system of an internal combustion engine; second, to economize the consumption of gasoline or similar fuels under any climatic conditions; third,-to assist carburetion when the engine is cold, by a preheating process; fourth,-to construct a gasiier that is simple, easy to manufacture, and automatic in operation.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the coinbination of details and construction hereinafter described and claimed.

I attain these objects by the illustration in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan, in part section on line C-C of Figure 2.

Figure 2 represents a side view, in part section on line A--A of Figure 1.

Figure 3 represents a vertical longitudinal view in part section of the heat-regulator.

Figure 4 represents an end view in part of Figure 3.

Figure 5 represents a section on line B-B of Figure l.

Referring to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, 28 represents the discharge opening and the connection 2 is integral with the top portion thereof, the mixing-chamber 45 is positioned in connection with the discharge 28, the intake 1 is in turn positioned in connection with the said mixing-chamber 45 and the connection 3 is integral with the bottom portion thereof, the guides 11 are positioned in the mixing-chamber 45 with a bearing surface thereof diametrically corresponding with the bore of the said intake 1, the valve 4 is operatively positioned in the intake 1 and the said bearing surfaces of the guides 11, the lever S is operatively connected to the valve 4 by the stem 5 and extends over the top portion of the plunger 9, the plunger 9 is operatively positioned in the cylinder 29, the chamber 7 is positioned in the plunger 9, the head of the screw 6 is Serial No. 489,248.

operatively positioned in the chamber 7, the support 12 holds the screw 6 centrally within the said cylinder' 29. The deflector 10 is integral with the valve 4 and is positioned in line with the passage 20, and the passage 2O connects with the intake 1 at a point below the said deflector 10 and leads to the pipe 21, the pipe 21 in turn leads to the nozble 22, the combustion chamber 23 is positioned between the said nozzle 22 and the mixing-chamber 45, the channel 30 is positioned in the bottom-central portion of the said combustion-chamber 23, the extended passage 13 leads from the said channel 30 to the mining-chamber 45. The tube 14 has teeth 19 positioned integrally with one end thereof and the head 25 with its thread 24 are integral with the opposite end thereof, the stem 15 has teeth13 positioned integrally with one end thereof corresponding with the said teeth 19, t-he teeth 19 and 18 are positioned together, with the said stem 15 passing operatively through the tube 14, the nut 26 is adjustably positioned on the open end of the stern 15, and the locknut 27 is secured against the said nut 26 on the stem 15. The tube 14 and stem 15 are positioned through the channel 30 and thence into the passage 13, and are in turn held into position by the thread 24, with the teeth 18 and 19 positioned in the said passage 13 adjacent to the mixing-chamber 45. The atomizer 36 is positioned in front of the nozzle 22, a set of deflectors 35 are positioned between the atomizer 36 and a spark plug 43, the electrode 16 is integral with the said spark plug 43 and extends from the wire 46 into the combustion-chamber 23 at a point adjacent to the said deiiectors 35, the point 17 is adjustably positioned into the combustionchamber 23 at a point corresponding with the said electrode 16.

rThe spark plug 43 is connected in circuit with an ignition system, not shown, the connection 2 is secured to a manifold of an internal combustion engine, not shown, and the connection 3 is in turn secured to a carbureter, not shown.

With the operation of the gasiier, the engine is first set into motion to draw vapor from the carburetor by the vacuum devel- CFI por from the pipe 21 and directs the same against the atomizer 36 to be sprayed through and around the deflectors 35 into the combustion-chamber 23, the atomized vapor is thence directed past the electric spark generated between the electrode 16 and the point 17, by its ignition system to be ignited by combustion, the burnt vapor is thence drawn through the said combustion chamber 23 into the channel 30, through the passage 13, and the teeth 18 and 19 respectively into the mixing chamber 45, the said burnt vapor is assimilated by the cold vapor passing from the carbureter through the intake 1, past 'the open valve 4, as they meet in the said mixing-chamber 45, the said cold vapor is thus preheated to improve combustion after passing through the discharge 28 and the manifold of the engine to the cylinders thereof.

The faces of the tube 14 and the stem 15 positioned between the teeth 19 and 18 respectively are positioned flush together, and may be turned radially by the stem 15 to regulate any required passage for the burnt vapor vbetween the said teeth 18 and 19, as they are set to overlap one another, to supply more or less burnt vapor into the cold vapor in the said mixing-chamber 45.

The deflectors 35 direct the burning vapor forward into the combustionchamber 23 to prevent baelfiring into the nozzle 22.

The valve 4 rises proportionally with the increase of the Volume of vapor sucked therethrough by the said engine, and falls as the said volume of vapor decreases, the plunger 9 in turn falls as the valve 4 rises, and again rises as the said valve 4 falls, the plungerl 9 and valve 4 are in turn held in equilibrium with' one another by the lever 8, in proportion to their respective dimensions, the leverage of lever 8, and the suction of the engine, to automatically control the opening of the Y said valve 4. The screw (i .may be adjusted in the plunger 9 to control the opening and closing positions of the valve 4 by aid of the lever 8.

Having thus described my invention what 1 claim is:

In a gasifier of the class described, adapted to be connected between a earbureter and intake manifold of an internal combustion engine, the combination of a combustion chamber with a firing moans, a mixing chamber, an intake passing from a carbureter to the mixing chamber, a discharge means passing from the mixing chamber to the said intake manifold, ay valve operatively positioned Within the said intake and the mixing chamber, an automatic valve control means, adapted to be connected to the said valve, a vapor supply means, adapted to lead from the said intake to the combustion cham` ber, a nozzle, adapted to be positioned bctn'een the said vapor supply means and the said combustion chamber, a vapor atomizer plate, adapted to be positioned within the said combustion chamber adjacent to the said nozzle, dame deiector screens positioned Within the combustion chamber between the said va )or atomizer )late and the said firing WIILLAM M. SUBLETTE. 

